Lifestyles

Dear Heloise: Apparently, there's truth to the saying, "You're never really too old to learn new things." Several months ago, at the tender age of 77,...

DEAR ABBY: I've been employed at the same company for 17 years. I'm the youngest person in the department, and I love my job and the people I work wit...

Dear Heloise: Renee recently commented about trying to read impossibly small print against similar colored backgrounds. This has been a thorn in my si...

DEAR ABBY: I have experienced something that other women I know have said they have also experienced. I dated a man for a year. We became very close a...

Madison Jordan, a 2026 Bradford Area High School graduate, is this year’s recipient of the Carole Marie Moore Scholarship. Jordan is the daughter of C...

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating a wonderful man for 10 months. He was married for 45 years until his wife died after a five-year illness. He is kind, th...

Dear Heloise: Plastic bags are so hard to open at grocery stores, and I don't like licking my fingers to open bags either. What I do is use water from...

DEAR ABBY: I'm a gay man who has been married to a wonderful man for seven years (together for 12). Throughout our relationship, my husband has strugg...

DEAR RUSTY: My wife passed away in September 2025 at age 64. We had been married for 43 years and started collecting benefits when I turned 62 and she...

DEAR ABBY: My husband's best friend died when we were in our early 30s. His son, "Marty," recently moved back to the area with his wife and three boys...

Dear Heloise: I make calls for work concerning client requests, and some numbers now have an app that screens all calls. This starts after waiting for...

DEAR ABBY: For years, my only daughter and I got along pretty well. Then she stopped visiting or speaking to us, meaning we didn't see our grandchildr...

Dear Heloise: I've enjoyed and learned from your column for years. If you're like me, tying a neck tie can be frustrating. When I get a tie with a kno...

DEAR ABBY: My husband of 31 years died suddenly five years ago. Our family — four kids, six grandkids — was devastated. We still haven't recovered. We...

Dear Heloise: People have written to you with tips on how to dry clothes that you have handwashed (usually while traveling), but there's one step that...

An artillery crew prepares for battle during the French and Indian War Encampment held last weekend at Cook Forest. English, French and Native America...

DEAR ABBY: I invited a friend, "Sybil," to dinner at a fine dining, special occasion restaurant to celebrate her birthday. About a month before, I cal...

Dear Heloise: I have a suggestion for donations to food pantries. I usually donate nonfood necessities such as toilet paper, trial sizes or small size...

Dear Heloise: I have a fun suggestion for kids' birthdays. Most kids only want frosting on a birthday cake, so I made a "tower cake" by using donuts. ...

DEAR ABBY: My father passed away and left me a large sum of money. One of the first things I did was pay off my husband's debts totaling over $140,000...